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Don't Let Me Get in your Way: Crazy on Display

With the shout of “Obama’s Welfare Nation” we hear the outrage at our fellow citizens who are portrayed only as “moochers”, “welfare cheats” and “godless”. The narrative is that something must be done to restore our great nation, to purge those who do not contain the “correct DNA” and who fail to acknowledge the proper corporate view of who profits and who loses.

Rather than fight against the insanity of old angry white doctor guys I think it may be most helpful to let them rave from the podium, to broadcast their bigoted view, and to showcase what happens when they take action.

When Senator Ted Cruz announces that he has put together a coalition that will force a government shutdown if Obamacare is funded I say “go ahead”.The same approach seriously weakened the Republican party in 1995 and helped get President Clinton elected to a second term.

Many have warned that the Tea Party contained within it some of the most unsavory and racist elements. That is the place from which they embraced the “birther” nonsense. It’s racism that makes their mouths foam at the mere suggestion of immigration reform. It’s racism that’s at the heart of disenfranchising minority voters with voter ID laws. They represent systemic discrimination and have always viewed liberals as a threat to their tight-fisted control of the power.

I would hope that we might schedule a weekly assembly down at the Lubbock courthouse gazebo. Here I would like to see Dr. May, Judge Tom Head, Rep. Randy and all the others of their ilk stand before the public and wave the President’s birth certificate while shouting how we have to do something about the “homos, hookers, illegals, and deadbeats who are choking our white nation”. I’d show up every time for that.

The problem that the Republicans have at this time is that stupid people have come to dominate their efforts and it is showing and I hope for more.

Some are so blinded by their anger that they make the case without any help. Taylor Chapman, angry that she hadn’t been given a receipt from Dunkin’ Donuts returned to publicize the situation “right on Facebook”.

“This s**t is about to go live B**ch! Right on Facebook. Cause I already posted what your dumb a** did last night so I hope you’re happy with your little f***ing sand-n**ger self. I’m about to nuke your whole f***ing planet from Mars. You think y’ll aer tough, big fat Arabs bombing the Trade Center? I’ll show you tough.”

It isn’t hard to find those in authority preparing for a war. One can read their factitious, revolutionary manifesto on Facebook. Here Police Chief Mark Kessler shares that he is “waiting for this day,” when the American people wake up and take stock of what’s really going inside their and volunteer to stand “sholder to sholder” [sic] with you, waiting for (some faceless state or federal agent) “to fire the first shot.”

When law enforcement is crazy who do you call?

In my clinical work as a psychologist I have found it sometimes useful to watch the person move forward into a consequence that will teach the lesson by action. It may be that this is now such a time for our country. The important point is that there must be coverage of the actions of those who have such clarity of vision. Those in the Republican Party that are really the party of old must be associated with those in their midst that are the extreme. Yes, all political parties have the extremes in their membership however the delusional desire to wage war, to harm people with violence, to worsen the plight of the poor and minority is more commonly found among the conservative party.

So, don’t let me get in your way! Grab your megaphone and narcissistic personality and get out there. Let me know when you have a meeting and I pledge to help you get the publicity you want. Go to youtube.com and do a search for the Lubbock Board of Health meetings and you can catch examples of this transparency.

Crazy is as crazy does and I believe it is time to open the doors to the madhouse.